This is an analysis of the poem A Pepys' 'Diary' that begins with:
To One who asked why he wrote it.
You ask me what was his intent?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abab abab cdcd cbcb aXXX XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111110 11111001 0101010 11111101 0101010 11000101 1111010 111100101 1011010 01111111 0011010 01010101 0011010 01110101 0101010 01010101 0101010 111101111 0110000 01010101 1101010 11000100 1101010 11011000 11110010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Pepys' 'Diary';
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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